Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Key Metrics

NYSE: BACValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

BAC valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$358.24B
Enterprise value
$134.20B
P/E (TTM)
12.2
10-yr median 12.4
Forward P/E
10.8
PEG ratio
0.85
Price / sales
3.1
10-yr median 3.5
Price / book
1.4
10-yr median 1.1
EV / EBITDA
—
10-yr median 5.3
Dividend yield
2.50%
$1.28 a year
Beta
1.21

BAC key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

BAC valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio+7.1%
13.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 13.6 (+14.5%)2017: 17.5 (+28.0%)2018: 9.0 (−48.6%)2019: 12.1 (+35.3%)2020: 14.9 (+22.9%)2021: 11.9 (−20.1%)2022: 9.8 (−17.5%)2023: 10.3 (+4.4%)2024: 12.7 (+23.8%)2025: 13.6 (+7.1%)
20162025
Price / sales+8.5%
3.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.0 (+28.6%)2017: 3.8 (+24.7%)2018: 2.9 (−24.3%)2019: 3.9 (+35.2%)2020: 3.6 (−7.5%)2021: 4.3 (+18.9%)2022: 2.8 (−33.3%)2023: 2.8 (−3.1%)2024: 3.4 (+22.6%)2025: 3.7 (+8.5%)
20162025
Price / book+17.4%
1.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 0.9 (+24.0%)2017: 1.2 (+30.2%)2018: 1.0 (−20.2%)2019: 1.3 (+32.1%)2020: 1.0 (−22.2%)2021: 1.4 (+44.3%)2022: 1.0 (−29.8%)2023: 0.9 (−5.8%)2024: 1.2 (+25.0%)2025: 1.4 (+17.4%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow
32.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 14.1 (+112.2%)2017: 32.3 (+128.3%)2018: 6.4 (−80.2%)2019: 5.4 (−15.7%)2020: 7.0 (+30.4%)2023: 6.02025: 32.9
20162025
Free cash flow yield+5.6 pts
3.0%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 7.1% (−7.9 pts)2017: 3.1% (−4.0 pts)2018: 15.7% (+12.6 pts)2019: 18.6% (+2.9 pts)2020: 14.2% (−4.3 pts)2021: −1.9% (−16.1 pts)2022: −2.3% (−0.4 pts)2023: 16.5% (+18.9 pts)2024: −2.6% (−19.1 pts)2025: 3.0% (+5.6 pts)
20162025

BAC valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

BAC returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

BAC debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

BAC cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

BAC price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

BAC key metrics

2016–2025
Bank of America Corporation key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$415.08B$344.73B$272.07B$270.51B$380.77B$266.64B$332.58B$252.24B$318.18B$244.13B
Enterprise value−$182.75B$360.24B$282.19B$115.17B$30.09B$44.24B$304.83B$193.61B$222.52B$135.87B
P/E ratio13.612.710.39.811.914.912.19.017.513.6
Price / sales3.73.42.82.84.33.63.92.93.83.0
Price / book1.41.20.91.01.41.01.31.01.20.9
Price / free cash flow32.9—6.0——7.05.46.432.314.1
Price / operating cash flow32.9—6.0——7.05.46.432.314.1
EV / sales-1.63.52.91.20.30.63.62.22.71.7
EV / EBITDA—11.59.33.50.82.18.85.37.15.3
EV / free cash flow——6.3——1.24.94.922.67.9
Earnings yield7.4%7.9%9.7%10.2%8.4%6.7%8.2%11.2%5.7%7.3%
Free cash flow yield3.0%−2.6%16.5%−2.3%−1.9%14.2%18.6%15.7%3.1%7.1%
Dividend yield2.3%2.8%3.3%3.2%2.1%2.9%1.8%2.7%1.8%1.7%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)8.1%6.6%5.0%5.3%9.2%5.9%11.0%12.5%5.8%3.8%
Share price at fiscal year-end$55.00$43.95$33.67$33.12$44.49$30.31$35.22$24.64$29.52$22.10
Per share
Revenue per share$14.99$12.99$12.20$11.63$10.41$8.44$9.06$8.57$7.77$7.25
Earnings per share$4.04$3.46$3.28$3.37$3.74$2.03$2.90$2.75$1.69$1.62
Operating cash flow per share$1.67−$1.12$5.57−$0.77−$0.84$4.32$6.54$3.86$0.92$1.56
Free cash flow per share$1.67−$1.12$5.57−$0.77−$0.84$4.32$6.54$3.86$0.92$1.56
Cash per share$127.70$81.97$75.25$56.11$76.48$70.65$43.87$40.47$43.72$40.88
Book value per share$40.18$37.68$36.09$33.45$31.56$31.02$28.04$25.92$24.79$24.16
Tangible book value per share$30.80$28.63$27.50$24.74$23.23$23.00$20.56$19.01$18.17$17.40
Dividends per share$1.27$1.21$1.12$1.05$0.94$0.88$0.63$0.67$0.53$0.38
Capex per share$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Debt per share$48.48$83.94$76.50$37.09$35.51$45.37$40.94$34.74$34.84$31.07
Shares outstanding7.55B7.84B8.08B8.17B8.56B8.80B9.44B10.24B10.78B11.05B
Change in shares outstanding−3.8%−2.9%−1.1%−4.6%−2.7%−6.8%−7.8%−5.0%−2.4%−1.7%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)10.2%9.2%9.4%10.1%11.8%6.7%10.3%10.6%6.8%6.8%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)—8.9%12.6%147.8%—12.4%12.4%14.9%11.0%12.1%
Return on assets (ROA)0.9%0.8%0.9%0.9%1.1%0.7%1.1%1.2%0.8%0.8%
Return on tangible assets0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%1.0%0.7%1.2%1.2%0.8%0.8%
Free cash flow margin11.2%−8.6%45.6%−6.7%−8.1%51.2%72.2%45.0%11.8%21.6%
Income quality (OCF / net income)0.41−0.321.70−0.23−0.222.122.251.400.540.96
Financial health
Total debt$365.90B$658.43B$618.19B$302.91B$303.87B$399.10B$386.56B$355.64B$375.56B$343.28B
Cash & short-term investments$963.73B$642.92B$608.07B$458.25B$654.54B$621.50B$414.31B$414.26B$471.22B$451.54B
Net debt−$597.83B$15.51B$10.12B−$155.34B−$350.67B−$222.40B−$27.75B−$58.62B−$95.66B−$108.26B
Debt / equity1.212.232.121.111.131.461.461.341.411.29
Debt / assets0.110.200.190.100.100.140.160.150.160.16
Net debt / EBITDA−14.940.490.33−4.71−9.78−10.67−0.80−1.60−3.05−4.20
Current ratio0.420.300.3020.0231.2436.3720.2424.8913.0415.40
Quick ratio0.420.300.3320.0231.2336.3620.2360.8728.3832.91
Interest coverage0.50.30.41.57.22.31.51.92.32.5
Working capital−$1.49T−$1.69T−$1.63T$512.34B$718.26B$683.34B$465.76B$482.27B$512.26B$497.94B
Invested capital−$294.58B$311.07B$301.77B$117.86B−$80.61B$50.52B$237.06B$206.70B$171.48B$158.58B
Tangible asset value$232.42B$224.54B$222.22B$202.07B$198.84B$202.37B$194.16B$194.57B$195.89B$192.20B
Net current asset value−$2.04T−$2.23T−$2.18T−$2.24T−$2.16T−$1.84T−$1.68T−$1.59T−$1.46T−$1.39T
Graham number$60.45$54.15$51.62$50.36$51.51$37.68$42.81$40.04$30.71$29.68
Graham net-net per share−$273.74−$286.80−$277.50−$277.76−$255.97−$213.36−$181.39−$192.64−$167.60−$154.93
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$9.56B$9.50B$9.09B$8.58B$8.05B$7.73B$5.93B$6.89B$5.70B$4.19B
Share buybacks (net)$24.10B$13.10B$4.58B$5.73B$27.10B$8.10B$30.71B$24.61B$12.81B$5.11B
Dividend payout ratio31.3%35.0%34.3%31.2%25.2%43.2%21.6%24.5%31.3%23.4%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow266.9%—30.4%——41.6%59.3%79.7%187.7%53.9%
Capex / revenue0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Capex / operating cash flow0.0%—0.0%——0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Capex / depreciation0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Stock-based compensation / revenue3.5%3.4%3.0%3.0%3.1%2.7%2.3%2.0%2.0%1.7%
SG&A / revenue46.2%48.7%10.9%10.8%10.6%11.6%9.6%9.0%9.8%9.3%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding324.8348.6303.8269.4280.4295.5307.4357.3358.7379.4
Days of inventory on hand——-2,850.721.511.74.2-5,109.8-1,108,656.1-14,082.4-8,148.8
Days payables outstanding———164,237.089,233.73,404.42,447.9255,018.43,340.33,939.2
Cash conversion cycle (days)———-163,946.1-88,941.6-3,104.7-7,250.4-1,363,317.3-17,064.0-11,708.7
Receivables turnover1.121.051.201.361.301.241.191.021.020.96
Payables turnover———0.000.000.110.150.000.110.09
Inventory turnover———16.9531.2587.06————
Asset turnover0.030.030.030.030.030.030.040.040.040.04
Average receivables$100.64B$97.31B$82.06B$70.07B$68.47B$60.08B$72.07B$85.89B$82.29B$83.26B
Average payables———$1.14T$1.12T$182.30B$173.94B$158.60B$149.24B$146.32B
Average inventory——−$34.32B$150.0M$147.0M$224.5M−$363.07B−$689.49B−$629.19B−$302.69B
Intangibles / total assets2.1%2.2%2.2%2.3%2.2%2.5%2.9%3.0%3.1%3.4%

Computed from BAC's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

BAC valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Bank of America traded at 13.6 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 12.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 12.2 and the forward P/E is 10.8. Bank of America earned a return on equity of 10.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $365.9 billion of debt and $963.7 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $597.8 billion. It returned $33.7 billion to shareholders: $9.6 billion in dividends and $24.1 billion in share buybacks, 267% of free cash flow. The share count fell 31.7% from 11.05B to 7.55B over 9 years.

See the BAC income statement, the BAC chart for price history, or the BAC stock overview for the latest quote and news.

BAC key metrics FAQ

What is Bank of America's P/E ratio?

Bank of America's trailing P/E ratio is 12.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 10.8. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 13.6, compared with a 10-year median of 12.4.

What is Bank of America's return on equity?

Bank of America's return on equity (ROE) was 10.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $30.5 billion on average shareholders' equity of $299.4 billion.

How much debt does Bank of America have?

Bank of America had total debt of $365.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21 and more cash than debt.

What is Bank of America's dividend yield?

Bank of America's forward dividend yield is 2.50%. Bank of America paid $9.6 billion in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.27 per share), a payout ratio of 31.3%.

Does Bank of America buy back its shares?

Yes. Bank of America spent $24.1 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −3.8% over the year, to 7.55B..

What is Bank of America's free cash flow yield?

Bank of America generated $12.6 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.0% on its market value at year-end ($415.1 billion).

What is Bank of America's current ratio?

Bank of America's current ratio was 0.42 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.42 times current liabilities.

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